A GLENWOOD NPO welcomed those in need recently as they handed out clothes and sandwiches.
The NPO, known as Asakhe Intsha yo Mzansi (Let’s build up young people in South Africa), was founded in 2020.
They moved into their Glenwood offices on Helen Joseph Road in February this year where they run a private clinic that supports their NPO work.
Clinic founder, Sr Nomonde Magantolo is a practicing nurse at an uMhlanga hospital and holds a Masters degree in public health.
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“I mobilised a group of women. My colleagues, who are doctors and nurses, are part of this NGO. We decided that we wanted to approach and uplift the community,” she said.
The clinic is one of three branches under the Asakhe Institute consortium.
“The consortium has three arms: investment, NPO and business. We operate as a private clinic and offer NPO services at the same time. The investment branch includes a stokvel system where we save up funds for business opportunities, which we also use to assist,” she Magantolo.
She said they follow a social entrepreneurship model by combining their NPO work with the private clinic work. Funds raised through the clinic are used to support the NPO work.
“We combine the NPO with the business side. It’s social entrepreneurship. We offer clinic services which we charge for but we also give back to the community. The main aim of the NPO is to assist with poverty, empower youth and to offer health education and health screening which we do with the local community.
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“Where necessary and when possible, we offer them free treatment as well. Since we moved into this office in February this year, we have taken in three very sick people from the street who we were able to asses and call ambulances. One patient had been involved in a hit and run. When I arrived at the clinic in the morning, he was sitting outside waiting for us. I checked his foot and transferred him to King Edward Hospital. The other patient was very sick and we were able to assist them,” she explained.
Magantolo said she hopes to raise funds to support a regular sandwich and clothes drive to assist those in need. For more information, call 082 384 3117 or visit the website: www.asakheinstituteconsortium.co.za.
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